Home›North American Language Families›RegionBrowse ByRegionRegion names where a language family is spoken today, which can be far wider than where it began. Wikipedia notes several Indo-European languages "have expanded through colonialism in the modern period and are now spoken across Africa, Americas, Oceania and North Asia." This dimension shows the present-day reach of a family rather than only its point of origin.RegionComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)RegionFilter Results45 entriesMacro-areaAllAlgic (5)Athabaskan and Na-Dene (8)Eskimo-Aleut (4)Hokan (7)Iroquoian (1)Mayan and Oto-Manguean (8)Mixe-Zoquean and Totonacan (1)Muskogean (2)North American Language Isolates and Small Families (16)North American Sign Languages (10)Penutian (5)Salishan (2)Siouan (6)Uto-Aztecan (8)Speaker Count BandAll0 (4)1 to 570 (7)24,600 to 795,000 (14)592 to 23,000 (2)798,400 to 3,238,000,000 (4)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (10)Classification StatusAllEstablished (24)Number of LanguagesAll1 (6)2 (9)16 to 1,408 (11)3 to 5 (8)6 to 15 (10)In GroupAllAlgic (5)Athabaskan and Na-Dene (8)Eskimo-Aleut (4)Hokan (7)Iroquoian (1)Mayan and Oto-Manguean (8)Mixe-Zoquean and Totonacan (1)Muskogean (2)North American Language Isolates and Small Families (16)North American Sign Languages (10)Penutian (5)Salishan (2)Siouan (6)Uto-Aztecan (8)Admission YearAll1812 (1)1823 (4)1845 (2)1850 (1)1859 (1)1871 (1)1876 (1)1889 (1)1912 (1)1952 (1)1959 (1)Area (sq km)All5131 (1)11,075 (1)14,364 (1)21,041 (1)22,351 (1)30,607 (1)34,306 (1)51,179.92 (1)66,787.13 (1)71,450 (1)71,826 (1)75,417 (1)108,889 (1)110,860 (1)112,492 (1)130,017.11 (1)130,375 (1)135,382 (1)170,312 (1)184,827 (1)239,681 (1)254,806 (1)269,837 (1)295,254 (1)423,970 (1)522,129 (1)530,000 (1)695,662 (1)944,735 (1)1,300,000 (1)1,723,337 (1)1,972,550 (1)2,249,669 (1)4,545,792 (1)6,142,700 (1)9,866,632 (1)10,186,000 (1)11,840,000 (1)13,100,000 (1)17,840,000 (1)24,709,000 (1)30,370,000 (1)44,579,000 (1)Country CountAll12 (1)23 (1)44 (1)49 (1)54 (1)Government TypeAllOne-Party (1)Republic (9)Highest Elevation (m)All5642 (1)5895 (1)6190 (1)6967 (1)8849 (1)Income GroupAllHigh (4)Lower-Middle (2)Upper-Middle (4)Independence or Founding YearAll1776 (1)1821 (6)1902 (1)1903 (1)1962 (1)LandlockedAllNo (10)PopulationAll2323 (1)737,270 (1)1,441,785 (1)1,512,779 (1)1,899,324 (1)3,769,020 (1)3,949,250 (1)4,273,586 (1)4,571,189 (1)4,618,189 (1)5,000,879 (1)5,044,197 (1)6,012,561 (1)6,029,976 (1)6,166,934 (1)6,583,278 (1)7,097,329 (1)7,623,818 (1)8,001,020 (1)8,062,579 (1)9,434,593 (1)10,186,738 (1)16,992,418 (1)18,636,532 (1)23,462,518 (1)26,600,000 (1)31,709,821 (1)36,800,000 (1)39,355,309 (1)44,200,000 (1)53,200,000 (1)126,266,107 (1)134,000,000 (1)340,587,000 (1)434,254,119 (1)468,200,000 (1)592,296,233 (1)675,800,000 (1)745,173,774 (1)1,393,676,444 (1)1,600,000,000 (1)4,694,576,167 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 45AfricaRegion1 entryAlaskaRegion1 entryThe American SouthRegion2 entriesAppalachiaRegion1 entryArizonaRegion2 entriesAsiaRegion4 entriesBaja CaliforniaRegion1 entryBritish ColumbiaRegion1 entryCaliforniaRegion5 entriesThe CaribbeanRegion1 entryCentral AmericaRegion2 entriesColoradoRegion1 entryCosta RicaRegion2 entriesCubaRegion1 entryEast AsiaRegion1 entryEl SalvadorRegion1 entryEuropeRegion5 entriesFloridaRegion1 entryThe Great PlainsRegion2 entriesGuanajuatoRegion1 entryGuatemalaRegion1 entryHondurasRegion1 entryThe Lesser AntillesRegion1 entryLouisianaRegion1 entryThe MaritimesRegion1 entryMesoamericaRegion3 entriesMexicoRegion12 entriesNicaraguaRegion2 entriesNorth AmericaRegion128 entriesNunatsiavutRegion1 entryOregonRegion3 entriesThe Pacific NorthwestRegion2 entriesPanamaRegion1 entryPueblaRegion2 entriesRio Grande ValleyRegion1 entrySiberiaRegion2 entriesSouth AmericaRegion3 entriesSoutheast AsiaRegion1 entryState of MexicoRegion1 entryTexasRegion2 entriesTrinidad and TobagoRegion1 entryUnited StatesRegion6 entriesVeracruzRegion2 entriesWashingtonRegion2 entriesWest AfricaRegion1 entryComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.